Definition of sitting

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Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings..

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Confessionalist :: Confessionalist (n.) A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Sitting :: Sitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Si.
Equitant :: Equitant (a.) Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback..
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Adjournment :: Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room..
Double-bank :: Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
Straddle :: Straddle (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart..
Seat :: Seat (n.) Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback..
Yama :: Yama (n.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands..
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..
Assession :: Assession (n.) A sitting beside or near.
Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life..
Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..
Sitz Bath :: Sitz bath () A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..
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